Calendar for May 19

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BODY 4 BELIEVERS weight loss/healthy eating classes will be held at 6 p.m. at New Life Christian Center in Sardis Center on Monday nights, today and June 3. There is no cost. New Life Christian Center is on U.S. Highway 431. For information, call 256-490-7230.

SUNDAY | 5.19NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CLUB (A.P.T.T.) meets at 4 p.m. at 411 N. Ninth Street.THE 28TH ANNUAL BEARD-SIMMONS FAMILY REUNION will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Martling Senior Citizens Center, north of Albertville. A group photo will be taken.

MONDAY | 5.20BODY 4 BELIEVERS weight loss/healthy eating classes will be held at 6 p.m. at New Life Christian Center in Sardis Center on Monday nights, today and June 3. There is no cost. New Life Christian Center is on U.S. Highway 431. For information, call 256-490-7230.ATTALLA LODGE NO. 383 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS will meet at 9 a.m. for practice.GADSDEN BOY SCOUT TROOP 54 meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Scout cabin at Noccalula Falls. Call Larry Sitz, 256-538-5720.DWIGHT MASONIC LODGE meets at 7 p.m. for practice.BOY SCOUT TROOP 58 meets at 6 p.m. at East Gadsden United Methodist Church. Call Scoutmaster Rudy Borgersrode, 256-547-8008.HOKES BLUFF BOY SCOUT TROOP 82 meets at 7 p.m. in the Scout cabin. Call 256-492-3535.RAINBOW CITY BOY SCOUT TROOP 92 meets at 7 p.m. in the Scout cabin at the corner of Williams Avenue and Park Lane. Call Scoutmaster Darrell Norton, 256-490-3695.MAH JONGG CLUB meets at 12:30 p.m. every Monday at Southside Community Center. For information, call Barbara, 256-295-1014.Make charm bracelets and earrings from 10 a.m. to noon at the Alabama City Branch of the Gadsden Public Library. A $7 fee will be charged to cover jewelry supplies. Participants will need to bring flat-nosed pliers, 3-in-1 pliers and cheap nail clippers. Call 256-549-4688 to register.SOUTHSIDE BAND BOOSTERS meet at 6:30 p.m. The executive board meets at 6 p.m.DISTRICT 1 COUNCILMAN BILLY HARRIS will conduct a community meeting at 6 p.m. at East Gadsden Community Center.RAINBOW CITY LIONS CLUB meets at 6:30 p.m. at Rainbow City Community Club.QUEEN CITY CHAPTER NO. 135 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets at 7 p.m. at Gadsden Masonic Temple.

TUESDAY | 5.21GADSDEN LODGE NO. 236 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS will meet at 7 p.m. for regular communication. TUESDAY TALES STORY TIME meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Alabama City branch of the Gadsden Public Library. This week, “Little Quack’s New Friend” by Lauren Thompson.TUESDAY TINY TOT TIME is held each week at 10 a.m. at the East Gadsden branch of the Gadsden Public Library. This week, “New York’s Bravest” by Mary Pope Osbourne.ATTALLA LODGE NO. 383 F&AM meets at 5:30 p.m. for practice followed by regular communication. GADSDEN-RAINBOW CITY COIN CLUB meets at 6:30 p.m. in Rainbow City City Hall.COOSA VALLEY MODEL RAILROAD CLUB meets at 6 p.m. upstairs in the Hardin Center.CEDAR BEND LODGE F&AM NO. 583, Southside, meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month.ETOWAH COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL COMMITTEE meets at 6:30 p.m. at 128 S. Eighth St. For information, call 256-547-1117.VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 10408 meets at 6 p.m. at the George Wallace Senior Citizens Center in Glencoe.WHORTON DYKE POST 2760, 233 N. Third St., meets at 7 p.m.EAST GADSDEN CHAPTER NO. 532 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets at 7 p.m. in Glencoe Lodge.OHATCHEE MASONIC LODGE NO. 380 meets at 7 p.m.HOKES BLUFF MASONIC LODGE NO. 470 meets at 7 p.m.CEDAR BEND LODGE NO. 583 F&AM meets at 7 p.m. for regular communication.

WEDNESDAY | 5.22 Wacky Wednesday will be at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the children’s programming room at the Gadsden Public Library. Learn about the importance of trees and make a paper tree to take home.GADSDEN KIWANIS CLUB meets at noon. YMCA-ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION WATER CLASS is at 10 a.m. at the YMCA.SOUTHSIDE SENIORS CLUB meets at 10 a.m. each Wednesday at Southside Community Center. This is door prize day.ATTALLA GOLDEN AGE SENIOR CITIZEN CLUB meets at 10 a.m. each week at the Attalla Community Center.Microsoft Word will be offered from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Gadsden Public Library. Class is free, but a $5 deposit and valid library card are required. Register at the computer center desk.ELLIOTT SENIOR CITIZENS meets at noon at Elliott Community Center for lunch and bingo to follow.

THURSDAY | 5.23 Good Crafternoon is held from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Teen Zone at the Gadsden Public Library. This week, turn paper into turquoise rocks and charms.See a movie from 10 a.m. to noon each Thursday at the Alabama City Branch of the Gadsden Public Library. This week, watch “Sabrina.” Library provides popcorn and a drink.Arts and Crafts at the East Gadsden Branch of the Gadsden Public Library will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Make a rock gravel charm necklace.Celebrate another year of Story Time at the Gadsden Public Library with a “Summer’s Here Luau.” Hula dance, listen to a story and make a tropical mask to wrap up story times until August.BOY SCOUT TROOP 4080 meets at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Attalla.WESTERN SQUARE DANCE classes will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. beginning today at Gadsden Senior Activity Center, 623 Broad St., Gadsden. Cost is $3 per person (minimum 10 students). For information, call Ronnie Purser, 205-467-7907.Knitting/Crocheting Social Club will meet at 3:30 p.m. in the Senior Circle Suite, first floor of Gadsden Regional Medical Center. The club will make hats to benefit GRMC Cancer Center patients and babies born at GRMC. Bring your own needles, hooks and yarn and GRMC will provide drinks, snacks and patterns. All ages and skill levels are welcome to attend. Call Natalie Fleming at 256-494-4179 for more information.ATTALLA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION will hold a second registration session for children attending kindergarten this fall. It will be 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Attalla Elementary School. The registration is for children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1. Required items are: blue immunization form (must include chicken pox), Social Security card, official birth certificate, proof of residence (utility bill).PILOT CLUB OF GADSDEN meets at 6 p.m. in Building 500 Conference Room, GRMC campus. The board meets at 5:30 p.m.LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CENTER meets from 6 to 10 p.m. at 4567 Lay Springs Community Center.AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY CONTROL SECTION 1523 meets from 6 to 8 p.m. at Gadsden State Community College, Bevill Center. For information, call Peggy Jones, 256-494-3274.EL SENOR CLUB meets at 10 a.m. in the Senior Activity Center. This is cake day.GADSDEN QUILTERS GUILD meets at 10 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. New members and visitors are welcome. For information, call 256-546-4456.COOSA VALLEY CHAPTER OF MOAA meets today at the GSCC dining facility. All current or past Warrant or Commissioned Officers of all branches of service are eligible to join. Dinner is served at 6 p.m. followed by speakers or entertainers. Call Col. (Ret) Jerry Heard, 256-492-1289 or 256-390-2812 for directions or information.

FRIDAY | 5.24WHORTON-DYKES VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 2760 will have a dance from 8 p.m. until midnight every Friday. Call 256-546-5072.AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. 62 has a dance every Friday and Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. at Bay Springs Marina, Centre. There will be a live band.

SATURDAY | 5.25VFW POST 8600 has a dance from 8 p.m. to midnight.GARNER CEMETERY CLEANUP will be held today. Anyone who has family buried there may participate. For information, call Nancy Gibbs Garmon, 256-546-3831, or Sandra Gibbs Garmon, 256-438-6501.

VOLUNTEERGADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER needs men, women and teens to volunteer. There is a special need for cart drivers. Call Natalie Fleming at 256-494-4179.CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED on Wednesdays and Saturdays to help build houses with Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity. Skilled and unskilled volunteers, groups from churches and businesses are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 16 to work on an active building site. There are needs in carpentry, site preparation, concrete work, painting and more. Those interested are asked to email gehabitat@comcast.net or call 256-543-1898.CARING PEOPLE ARE NEEDED to become volunteers for Comfort Care Hospice. Call 256-547-3050.VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED for Horses Offering People Hope. Call Mary Kay Tortoriello, 256-892-9267 or visit footprintsofhope.com.

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